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void
[ void ]
adjective
- Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
- devoid; destitute (usually followed by of ):
a life void of meaning.
- without contents; empty.
- without an incumbent, as an office.
Synonyms: unoccupied, vacant
- Mathematics. (of a set) containing no elements; empty.
- (in cards) having no cards in a suit.
noun
- an empty space; emptiness:
He disappeared into the void.
- something experienced as a loss or privation:
His death left a great void in her life.
- a gap or opening, as in a wall.
- Typography. counter 3( def 10 ).
- (in cards) lack of cards in a suit:
a void in clubs.
verb (used with object)
- to make ineffectual; invalidate; nullify:
to void a check.
to void excrement.
- to clear or empty (often followed by of ):
to void a chamber of occupants.
- Archaic. to depart from; vacate.
verb (used without object)
- to defecate or urinate.
void
/ vɔɪd /
adjective
- without contents; empty
- not legally binding
null and void
- (of an office, house, position, etc) without an incumbent; unoccupied
- postpositivefoll byof destitute or devoid
void of resources
- having no effect; useless
all his efforts were rendered void
- (of a card suit or player) having no cards in a particular suit
his spades were void
noun
- an empty space or area
the huge desert voids of Asia
- a feeling or condition of loneliness or deprivation
his divorce left him in a void
- a lack of any cards in one suit
to have a void in spades
- Also calledcounter the inside area of a character of type, such as the inside of an o
verb
- to make ineffective or invalid
- to empty (contents, etc) or make empty of contents
- also intr to discharge the contents of (the bowels or urinary bladder)
- archaic.to vacate (a place, room, etc)
- obsolete.to expel
Derived Forms
- ˈvoidness, noun
- ˈvoider, noun
Other Words From
- voidness noun
- non·void adjective noun
- pre·void verb (used with object)
- un·void adjective
- un·voidness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of void1
Word History and Origins
Origin of void1
Idioms and Phrases
see null and void .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“There’s been a big void in the marketing of track and the profile of track over the last several decades,” he said.
“We understand that nothing can truly fill the void left by her absence, but we hope that the guilty verdicts brings a measure of justice and peace.”
But for many Vistara loyalists, its demise leaves a void in India’s skies for a premium, full-service carrier - marking the third such gap after the collapse of Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways.
I’ve talked to myself on the trail, laughed out loud and sung — poorly but proudly — into those magnificent voids.
The person who posted it on X claims that voting for anyone else would render the ballot void.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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